Text 16| The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiraṇyākṣa
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TRANSLATION
Hissing indignantly, all his senses shaken by wrath, the demon quickly sprang upon the Lord and dealt Him a blow with his powerful mace.
TEXT 15
भगवांस्तु गदावेगं विसृष्टं रिपुणोरसि । अवश्चयत्तिरश्चीनो योगारूढ इवान्तकम् ॥१५॥
bhagavāms tu gadā-vegam viṣṛṣṭam ripuṇorasi avañcayat tiraścīno yogārūḍha ivāntakam
bhagavān—the Lord; tu—however; gadā-vegam—the blow of the mace; viṣṛṣṭam—thrown; ripuṇā—by the enemy; urasi—at His breast; avañcayat—dodged; tiraścīnaḥ—aside; yoga-ārūḍhaḥ—an accomplished yogī; iva—like; antakam—death.
TRANSLATION
The Lord, however, by moving slightly aside, dodged the violent mace blow aimed at His breast by the enemy, just as an accomplished yogī would elude death.
PURPORT
The example is given herein that the perfect  yogī  can overcome a deathblow although it is offered by the laws of nature. It is useless for a demon to beat the transcendental body of the Lord with a powerful mace because no one can surpass His prowess. Those who are advanced transcendentalists are freed from the laws of nature, and even a deathblow cannot act on them. Superficially it may be seen that a  yogī  is attacked by a deathblow, but by the grace of the Lord he can overcome many such attacks for the service of the Lord. As the Lord exists by His own independent prowess, so by the grace of the Lord the devotees also exist for His service.
TEXT 16
पुनर्गदां स्वामादाय भ्रामयन्तमभीक्ष्णशः । अभ्यघावद्धरिः क्रुद्धः संरम्भाद्दृष्टदन्छदम् ॥१६॥